Abstract: A tubular cable interconnect unit arranged on an outer periphery of a joint of a power cable, includes a tubular insulating tube, a non-ohmic resistor layer formed from a non-ohmic composition and provided on an inner peripheral surface of the insulating tube, and an inner semiconductive layer provided on the non-ohmic resistor layer, wherein the non-ohmic composition includes a base polymer including at least one of thermoplastic and rubber, and varistor grains having a non-ohmic characteristic in which a volume resistivity varies non-linearly with respect to an applied voltage, and the varistor grains have a maximum grain diameter of 30 ?m or less.

Abstract: A tubular cable interconnect unit arranged on an outer periphery of a joint of a power cable, includes a tubular insulating tube, a non-ohmic resistor layer formed from a non-ohmic composition and provided on an inner peripheral surface of the insulating tube, and an inner semiconductive layer provided on the non-ohmic resistor layer, wherein the non-ohmic composition includes a base polymer including at least one of thermoplastic and rubber, and varistor grains having a non-ohmic characteristic in which a volume resistivity varies non-linearly with respect to an applied voltage, and the varistor grains have a maximum grain diameter of 30 ?m or less.

Abstract: An insulated wire that has a stranded wire conductor, and an insulator that covers an outer circumference of the stranded wire conductor. The stranded wire conductor is made up of at least a plurality of copper-based element wires twisted together, and has been heat-treated after circular compression. The copper-based element wire(s) has (have) an Ni-based plated layer on the surface. The Ni-based plated later has been compressed by the circular compression. The insulator is composed of a cross-linked ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene based copolymer, and has a heating deformation rate in the range of 65% or more, as determined under predetermined conditions using predetermined formulae in conformity with ISO6722.

Abstract: An insulated wire in which fatigue of the insulated wire can be restrained even when the insulated wire is disposed in an automatic transmission or a continuously variable transmission, and is shaken by AT fluid or CVT fluid. The insulated wire includes a conductor and an insulator that covers an outer circumference of the conductor. The cross-sectional area of the conductor is 0.4 mm2 or less. The insulator contains a polymer having S or F in a main chain, and has a thickness of 0.05 mm or more. The density of the insulated wire is 3.1 g/cm3 or more. The density of the insulator is preferably 1.5 g/cm3 or more.

Abstract: An insulated wire that has a stranded wire conductor, and an insulator that covers an outer circumference of the stranded wire conductor. The stranded wire conductor is made up of at least a plurality of copper-based element wires twisted together, and has been heat-treated after circular compression. The copper-based element wire(s) has (have) an Ni-based plated layer on the surface. The Ni-based plated later has been compressed by the circular compression. The insulator is composed of a cross-linked ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene based copolymer, and has a heating deformation rate in the range of 65% or more, as determined under predetermined conditions using predetermined formulae in conformity with ISO6722.

Abstract: Provided is an electrical part, a nonaqueous electrolyte cell, and a lead wire and a sealable container for use therein, with which the adhesive property and sealing performance in an initial state and in an electrolyte-contacting state are enhanced. An electrical part includes a sealable container that includes a metal layer and a lead conductor that extends from inside of the sealable container to outside of the sealable container, the sealable container and the lead conductor being heat-sealed in a seal part. At least in part of the seal part, a thermal adhesive layer containing aluminum polyphosphate is provided in a portion between the metal layer and the lead conductor so as to be in contact with the lead conductor.

Abstract: Provided are a non-halogen flame-retardant resin composition that contains a base polymer mainly containing a polyolefin-based resin, that passes a flame test, and that has good heat resistance and good heat-aging resistance which can satisfy a 150° C. rating, and an insulated electric wire and a tube using the non-halogen flame-retardant resin composition. The non-halogen flame-retardant resin composition contains (A) a base polymer containing 90% by mass or more of a mixture of a polyolefin-based resin and a styrene-based elastomer; (B) a metal phosphinate; and (C) a nitrogen-based flame retardant, and is used as an insulating coating layer. The insulating coating layer and the tube are preferably cross-linked by irradiation with ionizing radiation.

Abstract: A bipolar plate for a redox flow battery that uses an electrically conductive composite having excellent mechanical strength, plasticity, and liquid-blocking property, and higher electrical conductivity is provided. The bipolar plate includes an electrically conductive composite prepared by mixing a thermoplastic resin, a carbonaceous material selected from graphite and carbon black, and a carbon nano-tube, in which a carbonaceous material content is 20 to 150 parts by weight and a carbon nano-tube content is 1 to 10 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: A resin-made fuel inlet pipe that has a light weight, excellent impact resistance, and causes no fuel leakage includes at least one resin layer comprising a resin composition containing (A) a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) or a linear short-chain branched polyethylene; (B) a polyethylene polymerized with a metallocene-based catalyst; and (C) a carbon black. A weight mixing ratio ((A)/(B)) is in a range of from 10/90 to 90/10; a content of component (C) is in a range of from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of a total of components (A) and (B); a tissue (Y) comprising component (B) is inserted between linear crystalline tissues (X) comprising component (A) to expand an interval between the tissues (X); and component (C) is dispersed in the tissue (Y).

Abstract: The invention offers a heat-resistant flame-retardant rubber composition having low adhesiveness even in an uncrosslinked state, an insulated wire having an insulating covering composed of the heat-resistant flame-retardant rubber composition, and a rubber tube composed of the foregoing heat-resistant flame-retardant rubber composition. The heat-resistant flame-retardant rubber composition is formed by mixing 10 to 100 mass parts of an inorganic filler with 100 mass parts of a mixture produced by mixing (A) a vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene-based copolymer rubber and/or a vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene-tetrafluoroethylene-based copolymer rubber and (B) polyvinylidene fluoride at a mass ratio of 90:10 to 60:40. The insulated wire has an insulating covering composed of the rubber composition and irradiated with ionizing radiation. The rubber tube is composed of the foregoing heat-resistant flame-retardant rubber composition and irradiated with ionizing radiation.

Abstract: Provided are a halogen-free flame-retardant resin composition containing a metal hydroxide as a flame retardant, the resin composition having good flame retardancy even when a mixing proportion of the metal hydroxide is reduced and having good print quality, a flame-retardant heat-shrinkable tube formed by using the flame-retardant resin composition, and a flame-retardant insulated electric wire including an insulating coating formed by using the flame-retardant resin composition. The flame-retardant resin composition contains a thermoplastic resin, a metal hydroxide, and a modified silicone having, at an end thereof, a functional group having a carbon-carbon double bond. A content of the metal hydroxide is 85 to 190 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic resin, and a content of the modified silicone is 0.05% to 5% by mass relative to the metal hydroxide. The flame-retardant heat-shrinkable tube is formed by using the flame-retardant resin composition.

Abstract: Provided are an electrical part, a nonaqueous electrolyte cell, and a lead wire and a sealable container which are used therein. The electrical part includes a sealable container having a metal layer, and a lead conductor extending from the inside to the outside of the sealable container, the sealable container and the lead conductor being fusion-bonded at a sealing portion, in which the sealing portion at least partially has a layer composed of a polyallylamine at a part between the metal layer and the lead conductor and in contact with the lead conductor, and therefore, adhesion and sealing properties can be enhanced in the initial state and in a state of being in contact with an electrolytic solution.

Abstract: An adhesive composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a fluorine-containing polymer and 2 to 30 parts by weight of an unsaturated compound containing at least one polar group selected from the group consisting of an epoxy group and a carboxyl group, wherein the fluorine-containing polymer has been graft-modified with the polar group-containing unsaturated compound by irradiation of ionizing radiation, a production process thereof, and formed products such as a heat-shrinkable tube equipped with a layer composed of the adhesive composition.

Abstract: Provided are a non-halogen flame-retardant resin composition that contains a base polymer mainly containing a polyolefin-based resin, that passes a flame test, and that has good heat resistance and good heat-aging resistance which can satisfy a 150° C. rating, and an insulated electric wire and a tube using the non-halogen flame-retardant resin composition. The non-halogen flame-retardant resin composition contains (A) a base polymer containing 90% by mass or more of a mixture of a polyolefin-based resin and a styrene-based elastomer; (B) a metal phosphinate; and (C) a nitrogen-based flame retardant, and is used as an insulating coating layer. The insulating coating layer and the tube are preferably cross-linked by irradiation with ionizing radiation.

Abstract: Provided are an electrical part, a nonaqueous electrolyte cell, and a lead wire and a sealable container which are used therein. The electrical part includes a sealable container having a metal layer, and a lead conductor extending from the inside to the outside of the sealable container, the sealable container and the lead conductor being fusion-bonded at a sealing portion, in which the sealing portion at least partially has a layer composed of a polyallylamine at a part between the metal layer and the lead conductor and in contact with the lead conductor, and therefore, adhesion and sealing properties can be enhanced in the initial state and in a state of being in contact with an electrolytic solution.

Abstract: Provided is an electrical part, a nonaqueous electrolyte cell, and a lead wire and a sealable container for use therein, with which the adhesive property and sealing performance in an initial state and in an electrolyte-contacting state are enhanced. An electrical part includes a sealable container that includes a metal layer and a lead conductor that extends from inside of the sealable container to outside of the sealable container, the sealable container and the lead conductor being heat-sealed in a seal part. At least in part of the seal part, a thermal adhesive layer containing aluminum polyphosphate is provided in a portion between the metal layer and the lead conductor so as to be in contact with the lead conductor.

Abstract: A bipolar plate for a redox flow battery that uses an electrically conductive composite having excellent mechanical strength, plasticity, and liquid-blocking property, and higher electrical conductivity is provided. The bipolar plate includes an electrically conductive composite prepared by mixing a thermoplastic resin, a carbonaceous material selected from graphite and carbon black, and a carbon nano-tube, in which a carbonaceous material content is 20 to 150 parts by weight and a carbon nano-tube content is 1 to 10 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: Provided is a flame-retardant resin composition that can achieve both mechanical properties and flame retardancy and satisfy stringent heat resistance requirement such as heat resistance with a conductor attached, and an insulated wire, a flat cable, and a molded article made using the flame-retardant resin composition. The flame-retardant resin composition contains a thermoplastic resin, a polyfunctional monomer, and an organic phosphorus-based flame retardant. The thermoplastic resin contains 5% by mass or more of a resin having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond or a resin having a carbonyl group relative to the entire thermoplastic resin. The organic phosphorus-based flame retardant is at least one selected from the group consisting of a metal phosphinate, a melamine phosphate compound, an ammonium phosphate compound, and a polyphosphazene compound obtained by ring-opening polymerization of cyclophosphazene.

Abstract: A flame-retardant resin composition including a resin component containing (A) 30 to 90 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer having, as measured according to JIS K 7311, a JIS hardness of A98 or less, (B) 70 to 10 parts by weight of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having a vinyl acetate unit content of 50 to 90% by weight, (C) 0 to 40 parts by weight of at least one polymer selected from the following copolymers (C1) to (C3), (C1) an acid anhydride-modified ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative copolymer, (C2) an epoxy group-having ethylene-olefin copolymer, and (C3) an acid anhydride-modified styrene elastomer, and provided that the total amount of components (A), (B) and (C) is 100 parts by weight, (D) a metal hydroxide in a ratio of 40 to 250 parts by weight with respect to the total amount of 100 parts by weight of the resin component containing (A), (B) and (C).

Abstract: Provided are a halogen-free electric wire including an insulation coating the life of which is less reduced in the case of the insulating coating being in contact with a PVC-resin-containing member; a wire bundle including the halogen-free electric wire and a PVC-resin-containing member, wherein a reduction in the life of a covering material of the halogen-free electric wire is lessened; and an automotive wiring harness comprising the wire bundle. The halogen-free electric wire includes a conductor and a covering material that covers the outer surface of the conductor, wherein the covering material includes a polyolefin resin and a flame retardant, and the flame retardant contains aluminum hydroxide as a main component, in particular, at a ratio of 80 weight percent or more. The wire bundle includes the halogen-free electric wires and a member containing a vinyl chloride resin. The automotive wiring harness comprises the wire bundle.